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Re: Local Cuisine
Posted By: wintermute, on host 195.153.64.90
Date: Thursday, July 12, 2001, at 07:59:00
In Reply To: Re: And the bad news is. . . posted by Grishny on Thursday, July 12, 2001, at 07:46:21:

> > The food was better-than-average fast food,
> for the most part.
>
> What, no seafood? Whenever we've been on
> vacation at any beach, one of my favorite
> things to do has always been to sample the
> local seafood restaurants. I'm not talking
> about the seafood chains like Red Lobster or
> even Landry's. I'm talking about the places that
> there's only *one* of. Places like
> SamandLeen's favorite, Newicks.
>
> If you're ever visiting Cape Cod, Mass, I
> recommend Squire, in Chatham. I think the
> most memorable place for me is a restaurant
> called The Compass, in Sumter, SC. We used
> to go there frequently when we lived in SC.
> The decor was what made it so memorable;
> nets all over the walls, stuffed sharks and fish
> and what-have-you. You go to places like that
> as much for the experience as you do for the
> great food.
>
> Gri"connoisseur wannabe"shny

Oh, definatly. When I'm abroad, I just *have* to eat where the locals do. OK, maybe occasionally I'll pop into McDoggies for a snack, but it just would be the same without all of that different food.

winter"of course it doesn't always look appetising..."mute